Dr Dafni Katsampa
@dafnik.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist (she/her); Project Coordinator @thementalelf.bsky.social; Thoughts about clinical psychology, forced displacement & migration, feminism, social justice 🌏🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (& travelling)
German conservatives set to dominate the government are sadly heading towards a policy that defies all odds for better mental health of refugees, pushing to block family reunions of recognised refugees.
Dr Dafni Katsampa@dafnik.bsky.social · last yr.Publication Alert! 🚨 Our latest study, "Family Against the Odds: The Psychological Impact of Family Separation on Refugee Men in the UK", is out now in Social Sciences. A thread on why this matters & what we found. 🧵⬇️ www.mdpi.com/3212182
Publication Alert! 🚨 Our latest study, "Family Against the Odds: The Psychological Impact of Family Separation on Refugee Men in the UK", is out now in Social Sciences. A thread on why this matters & what we found. 🧵⬇️ www.mdpi.com/3212182
Family Against the Odds: The Psychological Impact of Family Separation on Refugee Men Living in the United Kingdom
Refugees face post-migration stressors during resettlement in host countries, including forced separation from loved ones. This qualitative study aimed to examine the impact of family separation on re...
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#psychology folks. Are there any insurance providers to cover remote work with UK-based clients for HPCP registered clinicians who have moved abroad? 😅 please comment if you are aware
Has anyone watched #Stateless on Netflix? What an incredible series about the harms of detention centres and current immigration policies. It’s a tough but essential watch.
Publication Alert 🚨 Read our new systematic review on the associations between #Housing and #AsylumSeeker mental health published in Social Science & Medicine. #Migration #ForcedDisplacement www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The relationship between housing and asylum seekers’ mental health: A systematic review
Housing is a post-migration risk factor that impacts asylum seekers' health; however, the way in which housing impacts asylum seekers' mental health h…
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“How are you doing?” “Are you sure?” Someone somewhere may need to hear this today. *ask twice #MerryChristmas #HappyHanukkah #HappyHolidays Samaritans 116 123
I will return to this tomorrow. Order is not preference, just the order my brain takes through memory lane. I’ll keep adding to this thread in the next few days (or weeks).
Dr Dafni Katsampa@dafnik.bsky.social · 2y agoBooks change the way we think and view the world, and can significantly inform and improve our clinical practice. As a bookworm, I thought I’d make a thread with some #psychology favourites for inspiration 📚🧵
Books change the way we think and view the world, and can significantly inform and improve our clinical practice. As a bookworm, I thought I’d make a thread with some #psychology favourites for inspiration 📚🧵
Turkey escalates tensions as Greece and Cyprus look to link their grids. www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/p...
Turkey escalates tensions as Greece and Cyprus look to link their grids | eKathimerini.com
Earlier this month we saw a mini crisis break out in the southern Aegean as Turkey deployed four frigates near the Greek islands of Kasos and Karpathos thinking that an Italian ship was in the area co...
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*Big people up*, especially younger people and especially in research, where we are constantly exposed to negative feedback in reviews etc. That’s my unsolicited advice of the morning. You’re welcome.
UNHCR and the Government of Zambia begin the second phase of refugee repatriation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo #Refugees
UNHCR and the Government of Zambia begin the second phase of refugee repatriation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Zambia
News and Press Release in English on Zambia and 1 other country about Protection and Human Rights; published on 15 Nov 2024 by UNHCR
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go.bsky.app/SsNPcGP Here is the Starter pack!!! We have over 100 spots available (and if we hit the limit of 150, I'll make a part two). PLEASE share, ask to be added, and let me know if you'd like to see anyone added.
Now that I understand starter packs, I've (re)started one for people interested in all things psychotherapy personalization and optimizing treatments to the individual 😊 Anyone welcome! And consider joining our Person-Centered Treatment and Prevention Collaborative group! go.bsky.app/FXmURQf
Just received the most unhelpful comments from peer-review; Reviewer 1 requested no amendments; then we go to Reviewer 2 who can’t make their mind, due to a “lack of clarity & analytical focal point”; but they do not make any specific recommendations on how/where to improve #AcademicChatter
how I became anti-capitalist: - expelled from college for antirape activism - started doing antirape research and theorizing - learned about media's role in perpetuating rape culture - saw the data showing capitalism in media is the biggest barrier to proper coverage of sexual violence
Very interesting paper by Wouter van den Bos and colleagues on hypersensitivity to social media likes (and lack of likes) in adolescence science.org/doi/epdf/10.... Adolescents feel more negative after a reduction in likes than adults
Look, fine, maybe I don't actually *need* more books, but what if, and hear me out here, what if fuck you?
#Addiction researchers you can follow the Lisbon Addictions 2024 conference live on X under #LxAddiction24
It’s cool when you are traveling to Lisbon, but it’s even cooler when you are traveling to Lisbon for the #LxAddictions24 to listen international researchers presenting their work on addictions 📖✍️ Not here yet- but you can follow @thementalelf.bsky.social on X for #BeyondTheRoom live reporting
Are you a researcher or clinician working with #migrants, #refugees and #asylum-seekers? Please give me a shout to follow your work 🌍 🍃
Where’s the feed for qualitative research in healthcare?
Last year I made a set of NO postcards. Say no to something, punch your card—at the end give yourself a treat. The idea was to remind myself to be mindful and create positive feedback. If anyone wants one, DM me your address and I’ll mail you one!
Scientists Who Write Science Books: Scientist authors who write to celebrate the joy and wonder of it all. go.bsky.app/2LmKSDN (How do I move things around so more of the great women authors are in the photo too?) It's meant to be inclusive! Please DM if you'd like to be added.
📢 Interview Study on Low Pleasure (Anhedonia) now OPEN to recruitment. The study aims to understand low pleasure first-hand, and the 1hr interview (online or in-person) will be co-facilitated by an Expert by Experience. Participants will be reimbursed £25.
„Climate anxiety can’t be limited to just a clinical setting — we have to take it out of the therapy room and look at it through a lens of privilege, and power, and the economic, historical and social structures that are at the root of the problem.“ www.latimes.com/environment/...
To fix climate anxiety (and also climate change), we first have to fix individualism
What, exactly, is climate anxiety? And how should we cope? Environmental reporter Rosanna Xia explores the many dimensions to our existential dread.
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Is As I Lay Dying a description of what it feels like to read the book
"To better help autistic people, we should [work on] improving society, building more spaces where autistic people feel comfortable and helping autistic people lead change." We should not be teaching autistic people to hide their autism. By Patrick Dwyer et al: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Community views of neurodiversity, models of disability and autism intervention: Mixed methods reveal shared goals and key tensions - Patrick Dwyer, Ava N Gurba, Steven K Kapp, Elizabeth Kilgallon, Ly...
Controversies regarding the neurodiversity movement may be exacerbated by confusion over its meaning. For example, some suggest neurodiversity entails acceptanc...
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